Students' Attitudes Toward Extensive Reading

Abstract

This is a study about students‟ attitudes toward extensive reading in English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga. The study is aimed to find out the students‟ attitudes toward extensive reading. Therefore, the finding of this study is the answer for a research question: What are the students' attitudes toward extensive reading class?. The data of this study were collected through questionnaire that consisted of 10 statements about attitude. The participants were 19 students from English Department who took Extensive Reading Course in semester 2 2010/2011. The data from the questionnaire were calculated in percentage for the interpretation and analysis based on the theory of attitude. The finding showed that there were positive responses of the participants for the three attitude components; affective, cognitive and behavioral component. From the positive responses, it can be concluded that the participants had positive attitude toward extensive reading. Through the result of this study, it was expected to give benefits for both the students to know necessary information about their attitudes toward reading and the lecturers to encourage their students to read more. Also, it helps them to prepare more interesting reading materials and activities which suit students‟ needs and interests.